On November 5, 2026, Naresh Bhatt testified in his Manassas, Virginia, murder trial that he found his wife dead and cut up her body. He alleged that Mamta Kafle Bhatt died by suicide; her body has not been found.
Westborough Police Chief Todd Minardi was found in his parked car outside a Shrewsbury liquor store on October 23, prompting a welfare check and hospital visit. He was cited for having an open alcohol container and placed on administrative leave.
Boston police are seeking help identifying a cyclist accused of punching a pedestrian after an argument near Dalton Street on October 8. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with injuries considered non-life-threatening.
David Ray, 68, received a one-year prison term on November 4 in Philadelphia for helping use coworkers’ identities to obtain fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits.
Bella Torres defended Zarian Dyer in court on November 4 in Buckeye, Arizona, after police accused him of arranging an October 16 attack on her at their home. Torres blamed the alleged attacker, Adrian Ayala, for making false accusations against Dyer.
Livonia police used a Grappler-equipped patrol vehicle to stop an SUV pursued after an alleged hit-and-run on November 2. The driver was taken into custody and arrested by Hazel Park police.
Pennsylvania State Police said DNA evidence implicated James Richard Clark in the deaths of Susan Rush and Brenda Ritter, whose murders in Washington County in 1976 and 1977 were solved through DNA testing announced on November 4.
Manuel Vasquez was sentenced to 25 years to life on November 2 for the 1998 killing of Felipe Arambula, owner of Taqueria Vallarta in Ventura, California.
Amoya Black, 26, faces a Michigan safe-storage charge after her 2-year-old son shot himself at their Detroit home on November 3. The boy was hospitalized in critical condition; his 4-year-old sibling was unharmed.A 2-year-old was critically injured after accessing an unsecured gun at a Detroit home on November 3. Prosecutors charged his mother with violating Michigan’s safe-storage law.A Detroit mother was charged after her 2-year-old son shot himself with an unsecured handgun at home on November 3. The child was hospitalized in critical condition.
A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found Russell Brand guilty on rape and sexual assault charges on November 5, after two days of deliberations.
Four people pleaded guilty to kidnapping and firearms offenses, and a fifth to money laundering, in a plot targeting Curtis Dixon in Detroit in September 2025. Dixon had received more than $100,000 and a vehicle after a viral act of kindness.
Two boys, ages 15 and 17, were shot in a Humboldt Park alley in Chicago at about 3 a.m. November 5. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital.
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